Steven, you're a master. Seeing the hats in your site and your posts and reading your explanations sometimes make me think the same thing I think when I watch Roger Federer play: "How can a guy get to be so good?"
@justdaniel said a little while ago that it is spacer to give the hat an extra 1/8 of an inch, and that it can be adjusted. He even told me where I can take it to be adjusted in Mexico City.
Max, Thanks! It can be hard to know the fur content of the felt even with the hat in hand. There were mixes of fur types including Fur + Wool. If you look at this late 19th Century Austrian Hat (Alois Pichler Hut-Niederlage, Wien ) catalog you will see mixes of Beaver (Biber - Melange) for the Stiff (Steife) Felt Hats (would most likely have a Smooth Finish). For some of the Hunting Hats (Jagd) you will see Beaver - Loden Wool mix (Biber - Loden). The highest price point hat is the Silk Top Hat "Vienna Fashion Form / Wiener Mode Form". The second highest price point hat is the men's Velour "Lincoln" (Wieche Hüte / Soft (Felt) Hats) which would have been primarily made of Wild Hare. High quality Velour was very time consuming to produce so that factored in the price. Most likely a pure Beaver Stiff Felt would have been as much or more expensive but the increase would be fur cost related (also just because it's pure Beaver doesn't mean it produced a better end result than a Beaver mix). The production time would be less than a high quality Velour so price would be based on more expensive fur content.
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Max, I think this one is going to be really nice. I wasn't sure you purchased it.This arrived in Texas from England already. Just have to pick it up. Seller said it was from the 30s or 40s
I wonder if that's true?
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If you recommended it, Steven, you can be sure I bought it.
It will probably be too large for me to wear it, and I don't want to alter it, but I will enyoy seeing it and petting it.
You'll just have to wait and see, Max. Whatever it is; it doesn't detract from the hat itself. It is just a sweatband after all. Nice if they are in pristine condition, but never the main attraction.
A beautiful hat, Max. And like Steve said: it is true that these are pre-war. Character like that in a hat can't be replicated.This arrived in Texas from England already. Just have to pick it up. Seller said it was from the 30s or 40s
I wonder if that's true?
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They tend run a size small. Also it's common to find spacers in old hats so that an option. I use felt and cork spacers.
It certainly is worth saving. Rutenio is a great colour.Today I show you the first of a bunch of Borsalino with flaws that need work to be worn
Borsalino "Light weight" color is "Rutenio" Qualità Extra Superiore, sold in Salerno.
Very worn, it has a light felt and the sweatband is excellent, the defect is the seams of the brim that are loose
For proportions they are: brim at 6 cm. crown at 10.5 cm and the ribbon is 3 cm.
To improve the erratic size in Borsalino history, this is a 5 1/2 that fir perfectly my 6 1/2 head
It will go to the construction site in Holland to became a nice and clean Borsalino ready to be worn
Daniele, This one is all around fantastic. I am really looking forward to the restoration. I the Lady Hatter from / in Holland does some great work.Today I show you the first of a bunch of Borsalino with flaws that need work to be worn
Borsalino "Light weight" color is "Rutenio" Qualità Extra Superiore, sold in Salerno.
Very worn, it has a light felt and the sweatband is excellent, the defect is the seams of the brim that are loose
For proportions they are: brim at 6 cm. crown at 10.5 cm and the ribbon is 3 cm.
To improve the erratic size in Borsalino history, this is a 5 1/2 that fir perfectly my 6 1/2 head
It will go to the construction site in Holland to became a nice and clean Borsalino ready to be worn
